Thesaurus: lightsome
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
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Definitions
- a. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
- a. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
- adj. moving easily and quickly; nimble
- adj. carefree and happy and lighthearted
- 1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. Hawthorne.
- s moving easily and quickly; nimble s carefree and happy and lighthearted